Sliding gate



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J. M. VANOVER. SLIDING GATE.

No. 448,466. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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JOSEPH M. VANOVER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,466, dated March17, 1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890- Serial No. 365,031. (No modehi T0ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. VANOVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to sliding gates; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter fullydisclosed in the description, drawings, and claims.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improvement upon the gatefor which Letters Patent No. 412,684 were granted to me on the 8th dayof October, 1889, whereby the gate may be operated by hand by a personwalking, on horseback, or in a carriage or wagon, and to provideimproved means for cushioning the shock of the gate upon thegate-supporting posts and the latch-post in opening or closing the gate.These objects are attained by the devices illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichthe same referencenumerals indicate the same parts, and in which--Figure 1 represents a perspective view of myimproved gate, and Fig.2 anenlarged detail view of the checking or cushioning device upon the same.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the gate, which is hung to rollwith its top and bottom rails 2 upon rollers 3, journaled upon the facesof the gate-supporting posts 4 and 5, which form a part of the fence.The gate closes against the latch-post 6 at the op posite side oftheroadway.

A shaft 7 is vertically journaled in brackets 8 upon the face of theouter gate-supporting post 4, and is formed with a crank 9 at its lowerend. A bevel cog-wheel 10 is secured upon said vertical shaft near theupper bracket and meshes with a bevel cog-wheel 11, which is journaledwith its shaft 12 upon the face of the gate-supporting post 4t. An arm13 is secured at one end to the end of said shaft 12, and has its otherend pivotally connected to the inner end of an arm lahpivoted at itsother end to the upper outer corner of the gate-panel in the same manneras illustrated and described in my patent above referred to, so that thegate may be thrown open or closed by rocking or revolving said verticalshaft 7 and the bevel-wheel upon the same, the bevel-wheel l1, and itsshaft, the arm 13 drawing or pushing the gate open or closed as it isswung backward or forward.

Two hand-levers 15 are fulcrumed near their lower ends upon two shortposts 16, arranged in the ground at the side of the roadway and one oneach side of the gate, and the upper longer arms of said levers are ofsufficient length and of convenient shape to be grasped and rocked by aperson walking, riding, or driving. Two connecting-rods 17 are pivotedto the ends of the short arms of said hand-levers and to the crank 9upon the vertical shaft 7, so that said shaft may be rocked or partlyrevolved by tilting said levers.

It is obvious from the foregoing that a person desiring to open or closethe gate may do so by tilting or rocking the lever at the side of thegate where he is at the time without being obliged to dismount if he beriding or driving and without the trouble of striking a projecting bail,crank, or lever with the wheel of the vehicle, which often involvesconsiderable diffieulty d uring heavy snow-fall or at night. Thisopening device will also enable a person walking .or riding on horsebackto operate the gate with as much ease as a person driving a vehicle.

In sliding gates of this construction in which the gate is quicklyrolled back and forth the gate opens and closes with a considerableshock against the gatesupporting posts and against the latch-post, whichin time will I loosen said posts and cause them and the gate to sag andto fail to open or close properly and perfectly, and for the purpose ofchecking or cushioning said shocks I apply the device to the gate whichI shall now proceed to describe.

A lever 18 is fulcrumed upon the inner or rear stile v19 of thegate-panel and has its lower arm projecting below the lower edge of thegate-panel. A bar 20 is transversely secured upon said stile and has itsends 21 bent at right angles and perforated for the reception of a rod22, which is pivoted at its middle to the upper arm of the lever andslides in said perforated ends, Two coiled springs 23 are wrapped aroundsaid rod between thelever and the perforated ends 21. Two stakes 24 aredriven into the ground at a distance from each other equal to the throwof the gate and at points in the line or path of the gate where they maybe struck by the lower end of said lever 18 when the gate is slid openor closed. \Vhenever now the gate is slid open or closed the lower endof the lever 18 .will strike one of the stakes 24 at the end of thestroke orthrow of the gate-panel and the lever will be rocked,compressing the coiled spring upon the rod againstwhich it is tilted,and the shock of the gate will thus be checked or cushioned withoutinjuring the posts or the gate-panel.

Having thus fully described the construction and arrangement orcombination of the several parts of my improved sliding gate,itsoperation, and advantages, what I claim as new is 1. In a sliding gate,the combination of a lever pivoted upon the gate-panel, springs securedupon said gate panel and bearing against both sides of one arm of saidlever, and stops arranged in the path of said gatepanel to engage saidlever at the ends of the throw or stroke of said panel, substantially asdescribed. I

2. In a sliding gate, the combination, with the gate-panel provided withmeans for sliding it open or closed, of the lever 1 pivoted upon saidpanel, the transverse bar 20 upon said panel, formed with the bentperforated ends 2l,the rod 22 upon the arm of said lever, sliding insaid perforated ends, the springs 23 upon said rod, confined betweensaid leverarm and perforated ends, and the stakes 24, arranged at adistance from each other equal to the throw of the gate and in the pathof the same, adapted to be struck by the lower arm of the lever,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH M. VANOVE'R.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. DEEDS, A. B. BARTON.

